Cave Wall Guardians

David Chethlahe Paladin

Cave Wall Guardians, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
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Marked Down $985.00
Gallery Price $3,500.00
Title
Cave Wall Guardians
Artist
David Chethlahe Paladin
Medium
Acrylic, sand and clay on canvas
Canvas size
23" height X 35" width
Frame
Red finished wood molding
Frame size
25" height X 37" width
Signed
" ©Chethlahe '72" at viewer's lower left
Date of creation
1972
Condition
Excellent, as appeared framed
Provenance
O C Phoenix
About The Cave Wall Guardians

This substantial painting by Paladin relates easily to several examples in Paladin's book Painting the Dream.  

Early ancestors participate with creator spirits to bring new life forms into being.  The first serpent priest receives the serpent bringing prayers from the people on the land to the earth spirits residing beneath the earth's surface.

In the book Paladin comments about the shamans who "used pigments made from ash, mineral and plant pollen to create art on the cave walls and cliffs of the Southwestern United States.  . . Raised on the Navajo reservation, I paint from memories gathered as a child, when I spent hours looking at these strange figures from the past.  To me, they became a symbol of the rich cultural heritage left by my ancestors.  I have never felt apart from that ancient world."

About David Chethlahe Paladin

(1926-1984) Painting the Dream: the Visionary Art of Navajo Painter David Chethlahe Paladin was published in 1992 by the artist's widow, Lynda Paladin. This artist credited Marc Chagall, Mark Tobey and Morris Graves as influencing his approach to painting as well as how he treated his subject matter.

The Huichol Indians' work also impacted the appearance of his art. For 2 1/2 years Paladin was a prisoner of war, released finally at Dachau in a near coma state.

In 1975 Newsweek cited him as the nation's "leading Navajo modern artist". The Santa Fean magazine named him Artist of the Year in 1981.

Major exhibitions of his work have taken place at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth (1966), at the Heard Museum (1967, 1975), at the William Penn Memorial Museum in Pittsburgh (1969), at the Albuquerque Museum (1975, 1985), at the American Indian Art Center in New York (1975), at the Navajo Tribal Museum in Window Rock, Arizona (1984), at the San Diego Museum of Man (1985) and at the Museum of Art at the University of Arizona in Tucson (1988).

Other Works By David Chethlahe Paladin:
  • Dreams of Beginning, Prints by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Fire of Creation (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Abstract Mask (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Sacred Sun, Sacred Moon, Prints by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Monster Slayer, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled  Cave Wall Paintings, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Kokopelli Fugue, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Cave Wall Painting Ancient, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Clouds Over Monument Valley, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Navajoland (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Ancient Hohokam Figures (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Four Sacred Mountains, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Indian Chief (Creator Spirit) (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Sun Spirits --Guardian of the Sunlight (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Corn God, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Blessing First Medicine, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Sun Dwellers, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Man Ascending to the Gods, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Serpent Priestess, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Night Watcher, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Corn Spirit Blessing the Corn with Abundance, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Huicholes, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Winter Spirit (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled 1975 , Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Winter Spirits:   Wind, Snow, Sleet and Hail, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Yei Goes Around Sun Moon, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled Sand, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • First Woman & Sun Father with First Rain, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Cree Creation Legend, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Creation of the Birds and Animals, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Forest of Birds, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Sacred Object, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Male Shooting Chant (Water Chant), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Storm Gods, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • The Cave Painting  , Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Scottsdale Center for the Arts Original Poster 1975, Prints by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • The Blue Wind or Winter Spirit, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled Screenprint, Etching, Blind Embossing, Prints by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Abstract Insect, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Monument Valley Scene on Foil Paper, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Feathered Serpent in Flight, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Eternal Arrangement, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Procession, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Burden of the Cross, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Flute Player with Tad Pole, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Huichol Sun Legend, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Creation of First Fire (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled Man Greeting Bird, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Nativity in Sand, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Yellow World Emergence, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Sun and Moon Bringing Life on Earth, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Six World Prelude, Prints by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • The Cave Wall, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled One Horned Mask with Serpent, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled Turquoise Sun with Mask, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Forces of Creation, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled Monument Valley Serpent and Flute Player, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Untitled Scene Back to Back Flute Players, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • According to Navajo Legend the Sun Father, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • The Ancient Ones, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Hopi Design, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • And the Great Spirit, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Abstract Bird in Flight (Sand), Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Botanical with Moon, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Tiger and Butterfly, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Abstract Forest, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • Tobacco, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
  • First Man and First Woman, Paintings by David Chethlahe Paladin
Cultures

American Indian, Navajo, Arizona

Medium

Paintings

Subject

American Indians

Keywords

David Paladin, Chethlahe painting, Navajo painting, Cave Wall Guardians